Where does “Gegenfrage” come from?

Gegenfrage (German) comes from German Frage, from Middle High German vrāge, from Old High German frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Gegenfrage (German): counterquestion

Definitions

  1. counterquestion

Ancestry of “Gegenfrage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFragequestion; question, issue; question, doubt
2Middle High Germanvrāge—
3Old High Germanfrāgaquestion
4Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
5Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →